Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 9: Characteristics and Contexts in Creative

Media Production

Contents

o Production Schedule
o Script
o Equipment List
o Props List
o Location Recces
o Storyboard
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
Production Schedule
Please include location, time of film, what you are filming and teams members
including actors

Date: 20th November 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Film Film - Continue Film Time for Completing
intro Scenario to look for scenario reshoots planning
walk in 1 clips to 2&3 booklet
scene -Coffee download Coffee
-Coffee Shop during Shop
shop -AJ and lesson -AJ and
-AJ Matt Sear Matt
-Begin -Film Sear
filming during
first frees
lesson
Edit Download -No filming
footage clips will occur
during as neither
lesson of my
time actors are
free

Date: 27th November 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Begin to Edit Edit Edit Edit
edit scenario scenario 2 scenario scenario
scenario 1 and 2 3 3
1
Date: 4th December 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Finalising Finalising Finalising Finalising Finalising

edits edits edits edits edits
Script
Intro
Int. Starbucks
AJ walks outside past the window and through the front door.
She walks up to the counter and sees Matt sitting at the table
with a coffee. She walks upstairs and goes to sit with Matt

Happy
Int. Starbucks
Matt and AJ are happily sitting next to each other on the
sofa.
AJ
Hey
Matt
Hey, so I have enjoyed our time together so far
AJ
(laughs) yeah me too
Matt
A personal favourite would have to be Thorpe Park
AJ
Yeah, I just love people watching, I think it’s so funny
Matt
See its things like that which just get me. You’re so funny, I
was wondering if you would like to be my girlfriend?

Pause for dramatic effect

AJ
Oh, of course, I would stupid; I have been waiting all this
time for you to ask me
Happy, dramatic music begins to play as slow motion shots of
them having conversation.
Props List

Item Item Description Who uses it When it is used

Two Coffee A take out coffee cup. AJ and Matt Throughout

Cups

Two iPhones AJ and Matt Throughout

Equipment List

Item Item Description When it is

used
Camera Nikon D3100 Throughout

Tripod Medium sized tripod Talking scene

Light Pro 160-LED Video Through out

Camera Light
Crew List

Name Role Responsibilities

AJ Actor To be present when scheduled,

To Act

Matt Sear Actor To be present when scheduled ,

To Act

Dan Locke Camera Operator Film the actors

Sound Engineer Record the sound
Direct actors
Location Recce

Type of room/area: Coffee

Shop

Location Address: Market

Street, Henley-on-Thames
Sat Nav details (Post code):

RG9 2BA

Nearest Train Station:

Henley-On-Thames

Nearest Bus stop:

Bell Street South

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Upstairs windows allow plenty of sunlight Don’t sit actors in front of the window to
through avoid silhouette.

Sound Information: Solutions:

Background noise of the machines and Use a closer microphone to record

other customers more detailed voices

Power Information Solutions:

N/A

Hazards Solutions:

Stairs Walk upstairs carefully

Clearances and Confirmations

17th November 2017 10:49

Matt Sear agrees to be in Dan Locke’s

production

Witness: Henry Wheal

Contingency Plan
What are your plans for if something goes wrong? What back up actors,
locations and equipment do you have?

AJ is Unavailable/Injured – Zoe Littlewood Replacement

Matt Sear Unavailable- Edmund Colwill Replacement

Starbucks Unavailable- Café Copia agreed to let me film also

Camera battery dies- I have two spare batteries to hand

Light dies- Spare AA batteries in camera case

Online Footage Recorded Sound

Cinematic Coffee shop

motivational music acoustics
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=p5Vdy7yLMEo

Used in the happy scene Street sound

effects

Power Music
https://www.youtube.com/w Heartbeat
atch?v=95DxDR1z1fk
Used in the angry scene

Sad Strings
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=WZzxDRB2bes
Used in the sad scene